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    Kasia Kovacs is an investigative journalist with experience reporting for newspapers including the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, International Business Times, and Inside Higher Ed. She holds a Master's degree in News Reporting from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from William Jewell College. Kovacs specializes in law enforcement and government accountability reporting and has received several awards for her investigative and enterprise work.

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    Kasia Kovacs is an investigative journalist with experience reporting for newspapers including the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, International Business Times, and Inside Higher Ed. She holds a Master's degree in News Reporting from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from William Jewell College. Kovacs specializes in law enforcement and government accountability reporting and has received several awards for her investigative and enterprise work.

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    Kasia Kovacs is an investigative journalist with experience reporting for newspapers including the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, International Business Times, and Inside Higher Ed. She holds a Master's degree in News Reporting from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from William Jewell College. Kovacs specializes in law enforcement and government accountability reporting and has received several awards for her investigative and enterprise work.

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    Kasia Kovacs is an investigative journalist with experience reporting for newspapers including the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, International Business Times, and Inside Higher Ed. She holds a Master's degree in News Reporting from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from William Jewell College. Kovacs specializes in law enforcement and government accountability reporting and has received several awards for her investigative and enterprise work.

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    Kasia Kovacs

    JOURNALIST
    kasiakovacs.com | [email protected] | cell: (816)-730-0059 | office: (843)-706-8139 | @kasiakovacs


    E D U C A T I O N E X P E R I E N C E
    University of Missouri Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, Bluffton, SC
    Graduate School of Journalism May 2017 present
    M.A. News Reporting with emphasis in Investigative Projects Reporter
    investigative journalism Worked on enterprise and investigative stories, specializing in law enforcement and
    December 2016 local government accountability. Filed public records requests and analyzed data.

    International Business Times, New York, NY


    William Jewell College Jan 2017 April 2017
    B.A. English Literature and Critical Breaking News Fellow/Labor Reporter
    Theory with Oxbridge Honors, Built labor beat while writing multiple breaking stories per day on tight deadlines.
    Minor in French
    May 2013 Inside Higher Ed, Washington, DC
    Sept 2016 Dec 2016
    University of Cambridge Reporting Intern/Masters Project Professional Placement
    Visiting Student of English Literature Reported breaking news stories and features; pitched and pursued enterprise pieces.
    and Language
    2011-2012 American Press Institute, Arlington, VA
    May 2016 Aug 2016
    Summer Fellow/Masters Project Research Placement
    SKILLS Used quantitative and qualitative research skills to examine metrics data of digital
    Data analysis (SQL, OpenRefine); longform/enterprise journalism. Analyzed metrics of small-town newspapers.
    Statistics (SPSS, Excel); copy editing;
    fact checking; html coding; knowledge Columbia Missourian, Columbia, MO
    of FOIA and open records requests; Aug 2014 May 2016
    social media Twitter, Instagram, State Government Reporter, Higher Education Reporter
    Snapchat, Facebook, Tumblr ; mobile Broke MU hunger strike story and was lead reporter on ensuing protests coverage
    photography and videography; of MU protests was nominated for a Pulitzer. Reported on state government and the
    conversational in French & Polish. University of Missouri.

    AWARDS Investigative Reporters and Editors, Columbia, MO


    Student Writer of the Year, Great Jan 2015 Aug 2016
    Plains Journalism Awards, 2016 Fellow, Editorial Assistant
    Winner, Atwater Prize for Writing, 2016 Put together 40th anniversary issue of IRE Journal; Copy edited and fact checked
    quarterly issues of IRE Journal.
    White House Correspondents
    Association Scholarship, 2016
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
    First, Second and Third Place | June 2015 Aug 2015
    Education Reporting, Missouri Press Business Desk Intern
    Association | 2016 Reported on business news, both breaking and enterprise; pitched and pursued
    First Place, Feature Writing, Missouri stories on local and technology news; created short videos with iPhone.
    AP Media Editors Awards, 2016
    Third Place, Public Jefferson City News Tribune, Jefferson City, MO
    Interest/Investigative Reporting, Aug 2014 May 2015
    Missouri AP Media Editors Awards, Reporting Intern
    2016 Reported on MO legislature and state agencies; cultivated relationships with Missouri
    Congressional Black Caucus and built beat on post-Ferguson legislation; covered
    Second Place, Articles about places,
    press conferences, breaking news and elections.
    AEJMC Magazine National Contest,
    2016 Hilltop Monitor, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO
    Second Place, Regular Column, Sept 2009 May 2013
    Missouri College Media Association Chief Copy Editor, Reporter
    Contest, 2013 Wrote editorials and investigative articles for student newspaper; Copy edited
    students work, guided reporters and taught staff grammar rules and AP style.

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